Market factors converging over the summer that have affected freight movement and pricing could continue and are putting some pressure on third-party logistics providers, one such company says, and shippers may need to be thinking more than just the lowest-cost carrier going forward....More

Continental is now offering VDO RoadLog Office Advanced, an online tool for compliance reporting and fleet management. The system is designed to allow fleet managers to automatically send and receive data to and from the VDO RoadLog ELD Plus....More

President Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 15 aimed at speeding the federal permitting process for transportation and other infrastructure projects.
Speaking at the Trump Tower in New York alongside Transportation secretary Elaine Chao, he said builders have to navigate up to 16 approvals, 9 agencies and 29 statutes. That can result in delays of years or even decades, costing millions of dollars, he said.
The result is a “self-inflicted wound on our country,” Trump said....More

The American Transportation Research Institute launched the 2017 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey, commissioned by the American Trucking Assns., asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with appropriate strategies for addressing each issue....More

ORBCOMM has launched the next generation of its cold chain monitoring solution which is available as a 3G or LTE cellular or dual-mode satellite-cellular version, enables fuel and temperature management, maintenance, logistics and regulatory compliance for refrigerated transport assets....More

Sherlock Holmes, that great mythical detective, once said (by way of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlett) that "it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." Our Trucking by the Numbers feature provides a "snapshot" of just how vast and how vital the business of hauling cargo really is in big black-and-white numbers.

Third party logistics provider (3PL) Transplace is being acquired by private equity firm TPG Capital for an undisclosed sum, buying out Greenbriar Equity Group LLC, which acquired the 3PL back in 2013....More

With the first total solar eclipse to reach the continental United States since 1979 taking place on Aug. 21, warnings in recent weeks have been going out warning of heavy traffic disruptions.
In reality, states in the path of the eclipse and companies that provide real-time routing have been preparing for this rare event for many months.
A total solar eclipse is when the moon passes between the Sun and Earth. The result is all sunlight being briefly blocked, turning day into darkness....More